United States of America, Colorado, San Miguel, Big Gypsum Valley, Big Gypsum Creek drainage along county rd. 20r, milepost 3, 2.8mi 143° NW of Gypsum Gap
38.05671 -108.74052 WGS84
Decimal latitude and longitude calculated by collector. Used software BaseCamp (Garmin) to convert NAD27 to decimal latitude and longitude. Collector corrected or updated georeference in 2019.
1798 meters
5900 ft.
Open flats in fine grained gravelly soil; with Eriogonum lonchocarpum, Atriplex canescens, Ericameria nauseousa var. graveolens; Growing against and through Artemisia sp.; intricately branched shrub <2 ft. tall. DNA tissue available.
Paradox member of Hermosa Formation (blackshale, gypsum and salt at edge of Quaternary alluvium)
Kraschennikovia lanata, Atriplex canescens, Ericameria nauseousa var. graveolens
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)